Giaour Definition

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noun
A person who is not a believer in Islam.
American Heritage
In Muslim usage, a non-Muslim; esp., a Christian.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Giaour

Noun

Singular:
giaour
Plural:
giaours

Origin of Giaour

  • Alteration of obsolete gower, gour (with gi-) (representing palatalized g-) (in Turkish g´vur) from Turkish gâvur from Persian gabr infidel, Zoroastrian from Arabic kāfir infidel from kafr village from Aramaic kaprā kpr2 in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Turkish gavur, from Persian گور (gaur, “pagan, infidel”), a variant of گبر (gabr), probably from Arabic كافر (kāfir, “unbeliever”).

    From Wiktionary

Giaour Sentence Examples

  • On the east, no natural boundary separates it from the Armenian plateau; but, for descriptive purposes, it will suffice to take a line drawn from the southern extremity of the Giaour Dagh, east of the Gulf of Alexandretta along the crest of that chain, then along that of the eastern Taurus to the Euphrates near Malatia, then up the river, keeping to the western arm till Erzingan is reached, and finally bending north to the Black Sea along the course of the Churuk Su, which flows out west of Batum.

  • The range of Amanus (Giaour Dagh) is separated from the mass of Taurus by the deep gorge of the Jihun, whence it runs south - south - west to Ras el - Khanzir, forming the limit between Cilicia and Syria, various parts bearing different names, as Elma Dagh above Alexandretta.

  • The Jihun now enters a remarkable defile which separates Taurus from the Giaour Dagh, and reaches the Cilician Plain near Budrun.

  • Modern Smyrna is in all but government a predominantly Christian town (hence the Turks know it as giaour Is y nir).

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Words Starting With

GGIGIA

Words Ending With

RUROUR

Unscrambles

giaour

Words Starting With G and Ending With R

Starts With G & Ends With RStarts With GI & Ends With RStarts With G & Ends With UR

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With G6 Letter Words Ending With R